Publications

In revision

Kennedy, D., K. Dagon, D.M. Lawrence, R.A. Fisher, B.M. Sanderson, N. Collier, F.M. Hoffman, C.D. Koven, E. Kluzek, S. Levis, X. Lu, K.W. Oleson, C.M. Zarakas, Y. Cheng, A.C. Foster, M.D. Fowler, L.R. Hawkins, T. Kavoo, S. Kumar, A.J. Newman, P.J. Lawrence, F. Li, D.L. Lombardozzi, Y. Luo, J.K. Shuman, A.L.S. Swann, S.C. Swenson, G. Tang, W.R. Wieder, and A.W. Wood, 2025. The Community Land Model, version 5.11, One-at-a-time Parameter Perturbation Ensemble. Submitted to Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, In review

Shaftel, R., M. Feddern, S. McAfee, E. Schoen, C. Cunningham, V. von Biela, J. Paul, Y. Cheng, A.J. Newman, M. Perdue, J. Schwenk, A. von Finster, and J. Falke, 2025. Integrating climate data and river modeling to reveal Chinook salmon habitat conditions in Sub-Arctic river basins. Submitted to Ecosphere, In review

Blaskey, D., I. Racine, M. Harlan, Y. Cheng, A.J. Newman, K. Lindenschmidt, M.N. Gooseff, and K.N. Musselman, 2025. Using Remote Sensing, Statistical, and Machine Learning Techniques to Assess Alaskan River Ice Phenology and Thickness. Submitted to Water Resources Research, In review

Blaskey, D., Y. Cheng, A.J. Newman, J.C. Koch, M.N. Gooseff, and K.N. Musselman, 2025. Alaskan hydrology in transition: Changing precipitation and evapotranspiration patterns are projected to reshape seasonal streamflow and water temperature by mid-century (2035-2064). Submitted to Journal of Hydrometeorology, In revision

Published

14. Cheng, Y., A. Craig, K.N. Musselman, A. Bennett, M. Seefeldt, J. Hamman, and A.J. Newman, 2025. Coupled High-resolution Land-Atmosphere Modeling for Hydroclimate and Terrestrial Hydrology in Alaska and the Yukon River Basin (1990-2021). JGR-Atmospheres, doi:10.1029/2024JD041185

13. Elkouk, A., Y. Pokhrel, B. Livneh, E. Payton, L. Luo, Y. Cheng, K. Dagon, S. Swenson, A. W. Wood, D. M. Lawrence, and W. Thiery, 2024. Towards Understanding Parametric Controls on Runoff Sensitivity to Climate in the Community Land Model: A Case Study Over the Colorado River Headwaters. Water Resources Research, doi:10.1029/2024WR037718

12. Blaskey, D., M. Gooseff, Y. Cheng, A.J. Newman, J.C. Koch, and K.N. Musselman, 2024. A High‐Resolution, Daily Hindcast (1990–2021) of Alaskan River Discharge and Temperature from Coupled and Optimized Physical Models. Water Resources Research, doi:10.1029/2023WR036217

11. Herman‐Mercer, N., A. Andre, V. Buschman, D. Blaskey, C. Brooks, Y. Cheng, ..., and K.N. Musselman, 2023: The Arctic Rivers Project: Using an Equitable Co‐Production Framework for Integrating Meaningful Community Engagement and Science to Understand Climate Impacts. Community Science, doi:10.1029/2022CSJ000024

10. Blaskey, D., J.C. Koch, M. Gooseff, A.J. Newman, Y. Cheng, J. O'Donnell, and K.N. Musselman, 2023: Increasing Alaskan river discharge during the cold season is driven by recent warming. Environmental Research Letters, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/acb661

9. Cheng, Y., K.N. Musselman, S. Swenson, D. Lawrence, J. Hamman, K. Dagon, D. Kennedy, and A.J. Newman, 2023: Moving land models towards more actionable science: A novel application of the Community Terrestrial Systems Model across Alaska and the Yukon River Basin. Water Resources Research, doi:10.1029/2022WR032204

8. Bennett, A., A. Stein, Y. Cheng, B. Nijssen, and M. McGuire, 2022: A process-conditioned and spatially consistent method for reducing systematic biases in modeled streamflow. Journal of Hydrometeorology, doi:10.1175/JHM-D-21-0174.1

7. Cheng, Y., B. Nijssen, G. Holtgrieve, and J. Olden, 2022: Modeling the freshwater ecological response to changes in flow and thermal regimes influenced by reservoir dynamics. Journal of Hydrology, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.127591

6. Fonseca, F., M. Craig, P. Jaramillo, M. Bergés, E. Severnini, A. Loew, H. Zhai, Y. Cheng, B. Nijssen, N. Voisin, and J. Yearsley, 2021: Climate-induced tradeoffs in planning and operating costs of a regional electricity system. Environmental Science and Technology, doi:10.1021/acs.est.1c01334

5. Fonseca, F., M. Craig, P. Jaramillo, M. Bergés, E. Severnini, A. Loew, H. Zhai, Y. Cheng, B. Nijssen, N. Voisin, and J. Yearsley, 2021: Effects of Climate Change on Capacity Expansion Decisions of an Electricity Generation Fleet in the Southeast U.S. Environmental Science and Technology, doi:10.1021/acs.est.0c06547

4. Loew, A., P. Jaramillo, H. Zhai, R. Ali, B. Nijssen, Y. Cheng, and K. Klima, 2020: Fossil Fuel-fired Power Plant Operations Under a Changing Climate. Climatic Change, doi:10.1007/s10584-020-02834-y

3. Cheng, Y., N. Voisin, J. Yearsley, and B. Nijssen, 2020: Reservoirs modify river thermal regime sensitivity to climate change: a case study in the southeastern United States. Water Resources Research, doi:10.1029/2019WR025784

2. Cheng, Y., N. Voisin, J. Yearsley, and B. Nijssen, 2020: Thermal extremes in regulated river systems under climate change: an application to southeastern U.S. rivers. Environmental Research Letters, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ab8f5f

1. Niemeyer, R., Y. Cheng, Y. Mao, J. Yearsley, and B. Nijssen, 2018: A thermally stratified reservoir module for large‐scale distributed stream temperature models with application in the Tennessee River Basin. Water Resources Research, doi:10.1029/2018WR022615